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Get Rich With Rock, Paper, Scissors

November 22, 2006 at 9:24 AM | 0 Comments

Plenty of people travel far and wide to catch their favorite championships: think of the hoard of tourists who descended on Germany this year for the World Cup, or the masses who hit Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships last year. You'll be kicking yourself now to hear that you've just missed out on the event of the year in Toronto: the Rock Paper Scissors World Championships.

Someone who's not kicking himself is the new world champ, London man Bob Cooper, who beat 500 of the world's best using his sunglasses strategy ("the eyes give away a lot") and a couple of hours training per day. Bob gets defensive if you suggest that rock, paper, scissors might not really be a sport:

"People think our sport is just about luck, but there is a lot of cunning and training involved in preparing for the championship," he said.

Whatever your opinion, the fact is that he came home over $6000 richer and he's heading off to Buckingham Palace to celebrate. And perhaps to have a quick game of rock, paper, scissors with the Queen or her corgis.

[Photo: everyskyline]

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